Professor Levander's believes this 'mantle drip' happened in the last six million years, making it the most recent anomaly in the Colorado Plateau, a finding which could help pinpoint the age of the Grand Canyon.

He told Amazing Planet: 'There are generally two schools of thought on the age of the Grand Canyon - one is that it formed in the last six million or seven million years, and the other is that it has a much longer history as a canyon...

Keep going, guys. The better the scientific research becomes, the closer the results get to what we Christians knew all along.

That the Flood carved it out in 5 minutes? Riiiight.

Regardless of whether you're serious, or just a troll, I find it hilarious that Creationists try to use the Grand Canyon as proof of the flood when it shows none of the signs of being carved by catastrophic flooding and all the signs of being the result of slow erosion. (You want to see what catastrophic flood damage looks like? Look up the Scablands (pops).)

It's funny that the self-correcting nature of science is used by atheists as proof that their primitive, static views are the truth.

At least it would be if it wasn't so sad.

I know you didn't get the memo, also you probably can't read the memo, but science and religion are not mutually exclusive. However, if you plug your fingers into your ears and go 'la la la la la' you'll never hear any of this!

It's funny that the self-correcting nature of science is used by atheists as proof that their primitive, static views are the truth.

At least it would be if it wasn't so sad.

I know you didn't get the memo, also you probably can't read the memo, but science and religion are not mutually exclusive. However, if you plug your fingers into your ears and go 'la la la la la' you'll never hear any of this!

Science and Young Earth Creationism are mutually exclusive, however. YECs reject any scientific findings that contradict their inane Biblical literalism.

Many Christians of the Enlightenment viewed science as a way of peering into the mind of God. They felt that understanding the way the universe worked in all of its complexity brought us closer to understanding the majesty of God. YECs see science as a threat to their faith because science constantly shows that the Bible is not a perfect historical account of the world.

Ed Grubermann:The guy who is trolling you right now: News flash: scientist discovers that the Grand Canyon is younger than science thought.

Keep going, guys. The better the scientific research becomes, the closer the results get to what we Christians knew all along.

That the Flood carved it out in 5 minutes? Riiiight.

Regardless of whether you're serious, or just a troll, I find it hilarious that Creationists try to use the Grand Canyon as proof of the flood when it shows none of the signs of being carved by catastrophic flooding and all the signs of being the result of slow erosion. (You want to see what catastrophic flood damage looks like? Look up the Scablands (pops).)

Feepit:If the Earth is so old, how do you explain it isn't covered in miles worth of space dust^ or the ridiculous lack of supernovae remnants^ we would otherwise observe?

I'm going to be sorry for this aren't I?

We have active geological processes here on the earth so our crust is constantly being recycled. As yes, while we do get a lot of space dust entering our atmosphere every year, the particles are so fine that it can take years for it to fall through our upper atmosphere.

I don't quite understand why you think we have a lack of supernovae remnants when you consider that every element the comes after iron and up to uranium was formed in a supernova and has been found on the earth. Granted since they are heavy elements, they tend to sink to the core of the earth or deep within the lithosphere where it take take a billion or so years for it to be caught up in a geological process that raises the element to the crust.

I suggest you read more St. Augustine:

It not infrequently happens that something about the earth, about the sky, about other elements of this world, about the motion and rotation or even the magnitude and distances of the stars, about definite eclipses of the sun and moon, about the passage of years and seasons, about the nature of animals, of fruits, of stones, and of other such things, may be known with the greatest certainty by reasoning or by experience, even by one who is not a Christian. It is too disgraceful and ruinous, though, and greatly to be avoided, that he [the non-Christian] should hear a Christian speaking so idiotically on these matters, and as if in accord with Christian writings, that he might say that he could scarcely keep from laughing when he saw how totally in error they are. In view of this and in keeping it in mind constantly while dealing with the book of Genesis, I have, insofar as I was able, explained in detail and set forth for consideration the meanings of obscure passages, taking care not to affirm rashly some one meaning to the prejudice of another and perhaps better explanation.

And if you don't believe that, then you're an idiot who can't see facts when they're right in front of you. Think: put different types of sand in a bottle and fill it with water. Now shake the bottle. The dirt settles in layers, just like in the Grand Canyon.

The Florida Tag:This idiot obviously doesn't know that the Grand Canyon was created by Noah's flood.

And if you don't believe that, then you're an idiot who can't see facts when they're right in front of you. Think: put different types of sand in a bottle and fill it with water. Now shake the bottle. The dirt settles in layers, just like in the Grand Canyon.

QED!

/People actually believe this.

I want to go there someday, but I have a feeling I would get in a fight, get arrested or both.

StrangeQ:The Florida Tag: This idiot obviously doesn't know that the Grand Canyon was created by Noah's flood.

And if you don't believe that, then you're an idiot who can't see facts when they're right in front of you. Think: put different types of sand in a bottle and fill it with water. Now shake the bottle. The dirt settles in layers, just like in the Grand Canyon.

QED!

/People actually believe this.

I want to go there someday, but I have a feeling I would get in a fight, get arrested or both.

Ed Grubermann:The guy who is trolling you right now: News flash: scientist discovers that the Grand Canyon is younger than science thought.

Keep going, guys. The better the scientific research becomes, the closer the results get to what we Christians knew all along.

That the Flood carved it out in 5 minutes? Riiiight.

Regardless of whether you're serious, or just a troll, I find it hilarious that Creationists try to use the Grand Canyon as proof of the flood when it shows none of the signs of being carved by catastrophic flooding and all the signs of being the result of slow erosion. (You want to see what catastrophic flood damage looks like? Look up the Scablands (pops).)

picturescrazy:Ed Grubermann: The guy who is trolling you right now: News flash: scientist discovers that the Grand Canyon is younger than science thought.

Keep going, guys. The better the scientific research becomes, the closer the results get to what we Christians knew all along.

That the Flood carved it out in 5 minutes? Riiiight.

Regardless of whether you're serious, or just a troll, I find it hilarious that Creationists try to use the Grand Canyon as proof of the flood when it shows none of the signs of being carved by catastrophic flooding and all the signs of being the result of slow erosion. (You want to see what catastrophic flood damage looks like? Look up the Scablands (pops).)

It's a shame that Fark has become a forum for sophomoric and boring existential arguments - such argumetns are utterly pointless.

This is actually a pretty interesting result.

And BTW, the Colorado Plateau has some of the highest rates of erosion of anywhere on Earth. I know that's counter-intuitive for some people, since it's a desert and all...well, techincally it's mostly semi-arid, with the mountain ranges collecting huge amounts of snowpack every winter. Uh, that would be where the stupendous amounts of water in the Colorado River come from, of course. As much as 400,000cfs in wet years during the peak of the Spring runoff pulse.